Gold futures mark first session gain six

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures closed higher Thursday for the first time in six sessions as comments from Fed Chief nominee Janet Yellen and a smaller-than-expected decline in jobless claims reinforced expectations that the central bank won't begin tapering its monetary stimulus program this year. December gold
GCZ3, +0.18%
climbed $17.90, or 1.4%, to settle at $1,286.30 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.

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